Valern wrote:
Do you find people who don't post much to be scummy, ICE?
Slightly. I think it benefits scum more to say little and fly under the radar than it does town, and it benefits town more to stir up some waves than it does scum, to an extent. I'm not saying all lurkers are scum, but it is hard to root out scum during day 1 if people are lurking.
It also personally irritates me, as I take each and every game as a commitment, and if people aren't playing then it simply isn't fun.
AMP wrote:
Do you subscribe to LaL then? Is there ever a time where a townie lying is justified?
I don't automatically lynch any liar, but I find lies to be huge scum tells. The bigger the lie, obviously, the bigger a scum tell it is. There are exceptions, such as what you stated, and cops might want to lie about their read on someone for a day if they want another night action before revealing etc, but most lies have absolutely no town motivation what-so-ever.
So if you lie, you'd better expect me to be quite suspicious.
Erratus's lie is very minor, so it isn't attracting lynchworthy suspicion from me, but it is still noteworthy in my eyes.
AMP wrote:
is one of the most true statements I have seen in a while, large content-less posts are the hallmark of scummy play.
I find commenting on as little as possible an alternative effective scum strategy. I find clear, well thought out logical arguments with transparent thinking to be helpful to town. The better I can understand someone's thought processes, the better I can understand someone's true motives. If someone isn't posting enough thoughts on things, it makes me feel like they could be hiding something.
These are just different mindsets when playing, of course. I'm just a verbose person, and get along well with similarly verbose people. I have no problem playing with people who disagree with me on play style.
